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The E.W. Scripps Company has reached an agreement to sell its two radio stations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Good Karma Brands for $16 million. Wisconsin-based Good Karma Brands is purchasing WTMJ (620 AM and 103.3 FM) and WKTI (94.5 FM). The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter.

The Missouri Broadcasters Association, with additional support from eight broadcast groups, are opening this year’s Radio Talent Institute at Northwest Missouri State University, Monday. Young talent from 11 different universities will converge on the campus.

(By Radio Ink Chairman Eric Rhoads) My belief (in 1999) was that the next big thing was like a newsstand, with many magazine titles and subjects … in the form of audio. I suggested that every tribe, every interest group, would listen to a radio station about their specific interest, and I had developed technological solutions that would allow them each to create their own niche broadcasts... If you stop and think about it, this was what became podcasting..."

That was the sense we got on more than one occasion at Podcast Movement this week. In fact, when one of the most successful podcasters, Elsie Escober (pictured here with Beasley’s Buzz Knight), moderated a panel of radio executives, here’s what she had to say…

Kudos to Fred and Paul Jacobs for creating two days of compelling content to work toward bridging the gap between broadcasters and podcasters. The speakers were strong, the sessions were informational, and the rooms were packed. The $64,000 question is: Why did radio show up in big numbers this year? Here’s what we heard…

The Townsquare New Jersey on-air team have issued an apology saying, in part, "We use humor and sarcasm to make a point and add color to the broadcast; in this instance, we were off the mark." Here are all the updated details.

Tom Joyner and Allstate are celebrating the importance of family fun for every generation at the 2018 Allstate Tom Joyner Family Reunion. The event now in its 16th year will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, FL this Labor Day weekend August 30 - September 3.

The perfect person to answer that question is clearly CEO Jarl Mohn. And he was the keynote interview during the "Jacobs Media Broadcasters Meet Podcasters" opening session at Podcast Movement, Wednesday morning. Jacobs opened up with that very question, and here’s what the NPR CEO had to say…

More from the NPR CEO who’s advice to content creators is to find your own voice. Mohn told a story about how he grew up listening to the great Dan Ingram in New York City. He even imitated him when he had his own radio shift. Then he was hired by WABC to do afternoon drive and got crushed in the ratings, because the real Dan Ingram was already on the air.

The Beasley Media Group was all over Podcast Movement in Philadelphia this week. Not only did CEO Caroline Beasley introduce the keynote speaker, NPR CEO Jarl Mohn, during the "Jacobs Media Broadcasters meet Podcasters" session Wednesday morning, Beasley Media was one of the main sponsors.